xxPUDDxx - haha! sorry about that! and Wembley was amazing! i was really far back, but it was an absolutely amazing gig! there was so much Flones, Floynter and Pones going on, the setlist was amazing, the set was amazing, the boys were so funny as well, and it was just generally incredible!

LeilaTheGalaxyDefender - hmmm we'll see :P

268 Dannys POV

Within minutes, we were all bundled up in the car, hoping it was going to be a short meeting, so me and Tom could enjoy our first monthly reward. I had been looking forward to this since we had decided to wait to be rewarded, because I couldn't wait to go back to doing something that both me and Tom loved. I was counting this as our first date in 2 years, which was a reward in itself, and now we were doing one of Toms favourite things, going to see a show in the West End. He had practically grown up there, he loved everything about the shows, it brought back memories of his childhood, and he just generally loved this sort of thing. I hoped it made him smile, I would love to see him smile properly, and maybe even sing along too, I knew he knew all the words off by heart.

"what is this meeting about Tommy? And wheres Fletch?" Harry asked, breaking my fantasies of tonight. "Fletch is meeting us there, I didn't want him in the car with us while I asked you this and explained what this is all about. I've had a meeting with Darren and Richard, and we've decided that its best if we fire Fletch, today we're officially going to fire him. And we want you guys there too, to witness it, and to back us up. I think its best if we all stand against him, he'll go quicker that way, hopefully." Tommy explained, all of our jaws dropped.

"you're firing him?!" Harry broke the silence first, practically shouting. "yes, you've seen how angry he is constantly, he's putting the four of you down, which I don't want. I've seen how unhappy he makes the lot of you, I think its for the best to get rid of him." Tommy replied, I was still in shock. I mean, I hated the man right now, but could we really fire him? I mean, he was our main manager, could we really fire him? Or would that make things worse? "won't that make things worse? He could react really badly!" I asked, worried he would lash out even more at Tom, and blame him for the whole thing. "thats a risk we are going to have to take. Look, its for the best if we just fire him, he's not helping out in any way. I've done most of the organising for everything you've done for the past year, and he's just discouraging everything you do, and his reasons are ridiculous." Tommy explained, looking so sympathetic, he had seen most of the things Fletch had done over the year, I thanked god he was our side.

"what were his reasons for being like this then?" Dougie piped up, leaning over our seats a little. "from what I've heard him ranting about, he seems to think that everything 'bad' you do, you've done deliberately to goof off working. And that you're being attention seeking by this whole...harming thing, that you're just over dramatising everything. How are you coping by the way?" Tommy sighed, nodding his head towards mine and Toms thoroughly covered arms. "one month and 3 days clean so far. We're doing well." I ran my hand over Toms arm gently, kissing his hair, he was trying so hard, and succeeding, I couldn't have been prouder of him. He deserved this reward even more than I did, for sure.

"congratulations boys. Now come on, we better get moving." Tommy turned round and started driving us down to the offices were the record company was situated. I could only hope nothing bad would happen now, though I really suspected it would.

269 Toms POV

Fletch had a face like thunder the minute we walked in, he sent me a particularly icy glare as I came into the room, his eyes following me like a hawk. I squeezed Dannys hand tightly under the table as we sat down, really quite scared of Fletch at the moment. "it'll be over soon Tom, don't worry. Just think about the show we're seeing tonight, think about We Will Rock You." Danny whispered in my ear, rubbing my back gently.

"whats this about? Why have we all been called here exactly?" Fletch asked, I really didn't want to be here, I didn't want to see his face when he found out he was fired! He would blame me, he blamed me for everything, even when it was rarely not my fault, I didn't want to see him go nuts! "we've called a meeting because of you Fletch. You've been a little off recently." Darren started calmly, I think my heart started pounding. "no I haven't, what are you on about?" Fletch growled, his hands fisting. "you have been acting a bit too harsh recently. And you haven't been doing your job properly either, we've done your job and ours for the past year." Richard stepped in, sending us a slightly worried look. I couldn't even look up anymore though, I was getting so scared, Fletch actually physically scared me, terrified me some days. And now, we were right in his firing line.

"I have not been too harsh! What do you mean too harsh? Its their fault for being so pathetic and trying to wind me up!" Fletch pointed right at me and Danny, oh hell. "Fletch, we're not being pathetic, we just have some problems at the moment." Danny started talking, getting the infamous glare I usually got, making him shut up straight away. "yeah right, everything you do is to wind me up!" Fletch argued, Dougie sounded like he was going to start having a panic attack in a minute. We had never seem Fletch so angry before, even when we were younger and caused so much trouble he almost took away our contract for being so awful. Never before had he been so, so angry with us! He was fine before I ran away, completely fine, it was my fault he was so different now. If I had never have ran away, he wouldn't be so angry, I was sure he wouldn't have been so angry, everything would have carried on like normal, wouldn't it?

"no we don't! This time, we aren't trying to wind you up! We are going through some serious stuff okay? Don't you dare say that we're not, that this is just an act to wind you up! We're f*cking ill Fletch!" Danny argued back, holding his arms around me tightly. "yeah, right, you just can't control yourselves around razor blades, thats all. Just like all attention seekers." Fletch growled again, before Tommy butted in.

"okay shut up right now the both of you! This is not about the whole issue of Tom and Dannys problems. Its about you and your job!" Tommy shut Fletch up at last, giving him an evil look, "anyway, you haven't done your job properly, you haven't looked after these four the whole time you've been with them. You're working them too hard, you've made them all worse off than usual. So, we're letting you go." Tommy explained calmly, and everyone in the room held their breath, apart from Dougie, who was now struggling to breathe. Harry was desperately trying to sort him out, but it wasn't working, they had to leave the room he was being affected so badly by this whole thing.

"you're firing me? Over this?! Over 2 f*cking drama queens who have decided they can't hack this anymore?! Really! Tommy, I thought you had more sense that to believe everything these boys say!" Fletch argued, turning to look directly at me, "this was you wasn't it? Didn't get your own way again so you decided to get me fired, was that it? Thats just pathetic, purely pathetic. I didn't think you were like that Tom, I really didn't, you've disappointed me, deeply." Fletch reduced me to tears, I hadn't said anything to anyone about what he had said to me! I really hadn't! "I-I didn't say anything! I-Its not my fault!" I cried, feeling Dannys comforting arms around me, I didn't want them there, I felt so stupid for doing this, how could I have been so selfish? I had cost a man his job, just by being like I was. "I bet it was, you've just proved to yourself how low you can go." Fletch made the monster inside my head start laughing loudly. Nice touch there, he thinks its your fault, he's right you know. You've cost a man his job, cause of your weak mind. It laughed, almost cackled, making me feel so, so awful.